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Recently, while working with a client, I noticed they had purchased a 3rd party web part to redirect users from one location to another. There are other posts that describe a simple, out of box, solution; however, I wanted to include it here for my readers and clients.
There isn’t any need to write custom code or purchase a 3rd party product to redirect users from one location to another.
To accomplish this, use the following steps:
Let’s say, for example, you are in the process of migrating your SharePoint environment to a newer version. As you perform the migration, you may wish to have a redirect on the old site sending the user to the new (migrated) site.
1 – On the site you wish to perform the redirect, add a Content Editor Web Part.
I’ve given the web part a title of “Redirect to New HR Site”.
2 – On the ribbon bar, in the Format Text tab, click the Edit Source button. Then enter the redirect source.
The actual redirect is the <meta …/> tag line, everything else is simply telling the user what will happen. I feel it is always a good idea to inform the user of what is about to happen and ask them to update their bookmark.
The actual redirect is formatted as follows:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="{seconds};url={target URL}"/>Replace {seconds} with the number of seconds to delay before redirecting the user. 10 seconds is a very common delay.
Replace {target URL} with the URL of where you with to redirect the user to.
Example, delay 10 seconds and redirect to HR site:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10;url=https://cks.sharepoint.com/sites/contoso/departments/hr/"/>
